Sunday, November 27, 2011

Bahrain update

From chief Angry Arab Bahrain correspondent: "Also did you hear that the foreign minister said that there will be a dialogue with the opposition soon with all options on the table? He said this really defensively on an AlJazeera interview saying that they are a legitimate regime. I think Alaa AlShehabi is right in her tweets. The report doesn't demand the release of the prisoners so that they can be used as a bargaining chip. The problem is that if the opposition gives up on any one of their demands they will have lost because what they are demanding is the minimum that anyone will accept at that point. The next few months will be really interesting. We are back to square one. Its as if the clock has been rewinded to february. "

Comic by Terry Furry, reproduced from "Heard the One About the Funny Leftist?" by Cris Thompson, East Bay Express

As'ad's Bio

As'ad AbuKhalil, born March 16, 1960. From Tyre, Lebanon, grew up in Beirut. Received his BA and MA from American University of Beirut in pol sc. Came to US in 1983 and received his PhD in comparative government from Georgetown University. Taught at Tufts University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Colorado College, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Middle East Institute in Washington DC. He served as free-lance Middle East consultant for NBC News and ABC News, an experience that only served to increase his disdain for maintream US media. He is now professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. His favorite food is fried eggplants.

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